It is all competition but with a difference. In athletics you won't see
many overweight competitors...in radiosporting you will see too many over-
weight individuals who have neglected to take care of themselves. There
is a difference. Athletics promotes a healthy lifestyle, whereas ham radio
...well you get my point. Yuri, I will be checking the size of your waist.
Doug
K3BU@aol.com wrote:
> I started to wonder about that myself, when one time, in the M/M operation I
> woke up to "CQ Contest..." coming from all corners of the house. I thought
> to
> myself: "Are we nuts?" Then when I sat down to run the pileup, I said:
> "Naaah, this is LIFE"
>
> We are not alone. What's the difference from those running around in circles,
> swimming back and forth, NASCARing...? Only different "department"
> >
> Yuri, da radio BUm
--
Doug Renwick VA5DX
PO Box 50, Clavet, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 0Y0
VE5RA@sasktel.net
First VE5 5BDXCC, 160M DXCC & 9BDXCC
What profit it a ham if he gains all the awards yet forfeits his soul?
I'll run the race and I will never be the same again.
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